Suikoden II
Suikoden II is a role-playing game developed and published by Konami for the PlayStation. Set in a world of warring nations, the game follows a silent protagonist caught between the Kingdom of Highland and the…
Suikoden II is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Konami, released 17 December 1998 on PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation.
What Suikoden II is
Suikoden II is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Konami and released in 1998. It is available on PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
The game is set three years after the events of the first Suikoden. Riou, a young soldier in the Highland army's Unicorn Youth Brigade, and his best friend Jowy Atreides witness a false flag massacre orchestrated by the ruthless Prince Luca Blight. Forced to flee their own army, the two are separated and each comes into possession of one half of the Rune of the Beginning, a powerful True Rune that governs conflict and war. The Rune's dark fate dictates that its two bearers must eventually fight until only one remains. As a devastating war erupts between the Kingdom of Highland and the City-States of Jowston, Riou finds himself leading a growing resistance against Luca Blight's brutal…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Suikoden series
Suikoden II is the second of 13 entries we hold in the Suikoden series. It arrived 3 years after Suikoden. The next entry was Genso Suikogaiden Volume 1: Swordsman of Harmonia in 2000. Its critic score of 100 is 19 points above the series average of 81. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.
How it was received
Suikoden II holds a critic score of 100 out of 100. That places it above 100% of the 3,811 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 1998 averaged 70, so it scored 30 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 96, across 115 votes.
What it launched against
Suikoden II launched on 17 December 1998, within three weeks of Crazy Taxi (1999), Mario Party, Thief: The Dark Project and Turok 2: Seeds of Evil. It reviewed better than all of them.
Released around the same time: Crazy Taxi (1999), Mario Party, Thief: The Dark Project, Turok 2: Seeds of Evil.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Suikoden II yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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